Yeh Dilli hai mere yaar

Two faces of Dilwaala Delhi

Episode 1: Overheard a conversation between an elderly person and a middle aged service man in a bus en route dhaula kuan.

oldman is smoking bidi, thick moustached, white and peppered
service guy is sitting in front of him. apparently had a tiff with someone in office.

service: (irritated) arre yaar! tumko pata nahin smoke karna mana hai bus mein?
oldman smokes

service: oye! sun sakta hain? maine kahan smoke karna mana hai...(looks at the conductor) aap kuch batao inhe! aap log kuch batate nahi...
oldman smokes, glances and mutters incomprehensibly...( i thought i heard 'main pee raha hoon, tera kya jata hai be...')

service man continues for 2 more minutes and concludes...
"saale buddhe! ghar mein beti nahin hai? beti ke saamne peeta hai tu?"

oldman quirks up for the first time: saale behen ch**, main jo bhi karta hoon, karunga. tu nahin dekhta tv apne beti ke saamne? tu saale fashion tv nahin dekhta apne beti ke saamne?
serviceman shuts up for the first time

oldman (smoking): chal tu kaale khan mein, dekhta hoon tujhe...
service: huh! kya kar lega mera? kya ukhaar lega?

passengers laugh. I reflect.

Episode 2: Mera Bharat mahaan. En Route to Delhi from Gurgaon in a jampacked share cab

Traffic police comes up to tavera driver
police: oye bitha le inko, dhaula kuan drop kar dio. duty pe jaan hai

driver: saab, jagah hi nahi hai

police: abbe, bitha le dekh ho jaaega. lawyer hai court pe jaane hai

driver: (curtly) jagah nahi hai!
Police comes near the driver, pulls away the car key. driver protests.
police: saale, nikaal ek aadmi ko! isko bitha le! zyaada karega to challan kar doonga! chal nikaal 5000 rupae.

driver gulps.passengers protest
passenger1 : oye tuney kya samjha hai apne aap ko? police hai to kuch bhi kar lega? banda bol raha hai ki jagah nahi hai. aur tu bol raha hai ki ek aadmi ko nikaal

other passengers: thik hai bitha le...

other police joins in. passenger 1 says: chalo thik hai dekho bitha le

police throws away keys under the wheels. and goes away. driver retrieves it. resumes journey.lawyer is not seen.

passenger 1: dekh leta saale ko, saale behen ch**, ek phone karta DIG ko, sahi kar deta.
others murmur. i yawn.

Imagine l'eclat d'un paysage qui te submerge
Pas a pas, tu penetres dans cette athmoshphere
Tel une sphere qui t aspires ,toi tu regardes qui t inspires
(Delhi-6)